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E. H. ANGIER.

ARTDF PACKAGING TORIC ARTICLES.l

APPLICATION FILED nEc.29. 191s.

1,319,682;A y Patented oat. f2s, 1919.

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Sgecijjcatien of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. as, 191,9.

Application led- December 29, 1916. "fSeraaLNo. 139,485.

To all whom t may concern:

-le `it.:llrnoavn that jl, fEnwAnD IfI. Antonin, aY citizen i oit Vthe United Sta-tes, .fand .resident of V:Freiningliam, `in .the :county ofMiddle sex .and Commonwealthoit Massachusetts, have inventedan :Improvement 1in the 4of"Fackaging Toric Articles, otfwhiclrthe following description, in connection with Vthe accompanying drawings," speciiication, 'like characters on the'. drawings .repre- This invention relates tothe-.art ,ofpaek- .aging .tor-ic articles. yBy' torio I refer to that form which y-infay 'he .consideredasproe 'duced ley ',movementi of. a plane gure aloout anexterior aXisf-in its own plane. As

example of st iclraorm.` I mayinstance-the shoes. or .outertubes of A.pneumatic vehicle tires Jin '..Wlnch case the lrevolution about `the .-aX-is #iscomp'lete and the ianticle Sis annular.

Forf convenience I shalmlihereinaf-ter .reifer specifically'/totiresvas typical `ots-my invention, partcula rly asl anticipate lflor :my 'in vention a feldwoi V.marked wnsefulness in Wrapping v'tires,1lootl1loecauseV of Kthe greater convenience of applying l `and removing the coverfing andloecause` ot the saving of `"paper or -other-Wrapp'ing material as compared With-a hel-ical listrip. Y

invention Will rloest'loe imderstoodhy reference-Ato the following description ofi an illustrati-ve embodiment Itliereot "taken in connection with the` accompanying drawings, .Wherein,-

Figure Lis` aside elevation of awrapped or packaged `tire 'illustrating my invention;

V2 is a .central section" showing the covering `partially applied; p

Figpgfis a sirpilvarsection oflthecompletely -wrapped tire Vand is on a diameter ot' Fig. 1;

L and5 arecsecti ons through the Wrapping on -thehlines -l and 5 5 ot' F ig. l respectively, l hut Aon a larger scale; and

Fig. 6 is a section illustrating one prac ticalole method of preparing the Wrapping material for carrying out my invention.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. l, Q and 3, I have therein shown a tire or shoe 7 completely incased by a Wrapping conforming to the cross-section thereof and, in the present instance, .forming a sealed with -'theusual-present method ofwrapping package. y This covering .isconstructed -t'rom two sections 9 andilll, each ofswliich may comprise a singlestripof .paper and which .are adapted vin .cooperation completely to `incase the tire. Itis apparentlthat a flexible Vmaterialflilreapaper can readily -be curved aboutranharticle `in one direction, -but since tiresandotherarticles of 4toric form Lhave .aishorterinnerand longer outer dimension they 4are curved in-.ftwo rdirections and I tlieretorefshape #the .sections 9 and 1l to the ,i ,form .ofthe tire. Jlhis `may .conveniently )he done .hy-:bending thepaper strip transversely aboutthesection of the tire and' shaping-:lit `-to for-1n to fit thelongitudinal citrvatune xthereofloy suitable -plaitings 13,

the extent of which -W'ill' Vvary locally, as cleanly.illustrated ibyFigs. et and 5, to prjo- V`vide .for the Yvarying dimensions ofthe tire between the ybeadportions and the tread.

VInthe.` present embodiment of the invention Ihav'e shown-fthe two Esections 9- and 111 vas-each applied to agside of the tirefjand preside ofl--the tirej fW-liich `ordinarily V,comes lin .contact with the rim and at theftread.y In

the illustrative embodiment of the invention alsofI-have shoyvntheitwo sections 9 and-ll ass-held permanentlyin the shape of -theftirefby Ameans oft' outer 4and inner edge two Asemi-torio shells are provided which may conveniently "loe litted to the tire and Willf'have edges opposii'igA each other along circumferential lines which may :be oined `together .in any suitable manner to complete xthe package. For example', in Eig. A2 I lhave shown the jtire assembled withlthe section or shell 9 and -thesection orshell 11 in position to @be placedk in position to cooperate ;therewith in the manner shown-in Filgrg. i i

Any Suitable ,means not@ utilized. fer completing the package, but I preferably apply circumferential sealing strips 19 and 2l over the joints between the two sections or shells 9 and 11. Preferably also pull cords or Wires 23 and 25 are associated With these strips and have ends projecting so that by pulling the ends the strips 19 and 21 may be torn apart longitudinally to separate the two sections It will be noted that -senting their-opposed edges at the inner `5` is consumed in this operation and no skill is required.

In F ig. 6 I have shown one practicable method of constructing the shells 9 and 11.

In Vthe method ,there illustrated, Iutilize a tire-shaped mandrel 27 and shape thereabout'a strip of paper or other wrapping material which may afterward be divided to provide the two shells 9 and 11. PreferablyI use a sheet 911 which is preliminarily gathered into plaits or folds 213 which may be held in position by a central longitudinal strip 217. The sheet 911 is applied to the interior circumference of the mandrel corresponding to the bead ortions of the tire and theedgesare folde outwardly toward the tread, the paper being shaped to the form of the mandrel by opening out the plaits 213 locally in the desired degree. The edges of the strip 911 will be opposed to each other at the tread of the tire and may there be joined by means VVof a-circumferential strip 215. The integument thus formed around the mandrel may then be removed by splitting it along circumferential lines at the outer and inner circumferences, the lines of division being central of the two strips 217 and 215; The sheet 911 will thus bc dividedinto two semi-toric shells 9 and 11, and the two halves of the strips 217 and 215 will form the edge bindings 17 and 15v respectively. It will be understood that while the method described is one convenient way Vof manufacturing the particular embodiment of my covering herein illustrated, other methods could be resorted to and that I refer to this simply;by way of example. Y

Having thus described in #great detail one particular embodiment of my invention whereby toric articles having a longer outer and shorter inner dimensionl may conveniently be incased in a neat and smooth-'fitting covering of wrapping material to form an attractive package, I should point out that my invention is not limited to the exact construction shown in the drawings which for clearness I have so fully described.

What I do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1. A package comprising an annular article and a covering therefor comprising sheets of wrapping material, each variably gathered to conform them to the shape of the article, said sheets coperatively sub- 1 lsemi-torio shell comprising a'sheet in longigive it a dished transverse section,l and circumferential edge bindings holding the plaitings in form. f

4. As a new article of manufacture a semi-toric shell comprising a sheet in longitudinally curved form, having variable yplaitings permanently heldin forml to give i it a dished transverse section.

5. A tire package comprising opposed halves of wrapping material shaped to the form of the tire and coperatively inclosing the same, and circumferential binding vstrips sealing togethersaid halves,'said strips having pull cords associated therewith to facilitate separation ofthe halves.

6. A tire package comprising two Aannular shells of flexible'wrapping material each of a width to extend from the tread of the tire to a point adjacent the inner circumference and being plaited or gathered to shape them to the form of the tire sides, ,and sealing strips joining the edges `of the vshells at the tread and atthe interior circumference.

7. A package comprising an article having a longer Vouter and a shorter inner dimension, and wrapping 'material appliedy thereto comprising independent sheets locally plaited or gathered to conform-them to the shape of the'article and presenting mating edges disposed longitudinally, said edges being joined to 'complete the package.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

Y EDWARD H. ANGIER.

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